You don't need to know what Aufgehoben look like, or what their names are, or where they live. The only thing you need to know about Aufgehoben is that they are the greatest band you will ever hear. Coming together at most once a year, the band improvise straight to tape and produce an album from the resulting recording. There are no rehearsals.

Discogaphy:
Aufgehoben | Anno Fauve (Fourier Transform, 2004) LP
Aufgehoben | Anno Fauve (Riot Season, 2004) CD
Aufgehoben No Process vs Gary Smith | Magnetic Mountain (Junior Meat, 2001)
Aufgehoben No Process | The Violence of Appropriation (Junior Meat, 1999)

Links:
Aufgehoben
Gary Smith



Bologna Pony formed in January 2005, and is a collaboration between Gareth Hardwick (one half of sleepy-time ambient duo Economy of Motion) and Dave Stockwell (one fifth of post rock behemoths Souvaris). The band create improvisations using noise, feedback and drone.

Discogaphy:
Bologna Pony | Early Summer (Fourier Transform, 2005) CD-R
Bologna Pony | The Stewardship Post (Low Point, 2005) 3" CD-R
Economy of Motion | s/t (self released, 2004) CD-R
Souvaris | Matador of Shame (Bulbphone Records, 2005) CDEP
Souvaris | I Felt Nothing At All (Bearos Records, 2004) CD
Souvaris | Untitled (Telesphere Records, 2002) 12" EP

Live:
Keep your eyes on Bologna Pony's MySpace page for forthcoming live dates.

Links:
Bologna Pony
Economy of Motion
Souvaris



Resident of Brisbane, rural Japan and now South London, John Chantler's sound has shifted from organic electronics to his current interests in exploratory electro-acoustics, messy guitars and a loose spin on rhythm. He has collaborated with Matt Nicholson of Function, Saya and Ueno of Tenniscoats and performed as a member of Tori Kudo's Maher Shalal Hash Baz. John also played drums on the recent record by Japanese avant-pop diva Tujiko Noriko. John looks after UK & Digital operations for the upstart Australian-based imprint ROOM40 and co-presents the Frequenzen programme on London's Resonance FM.

Live:
Go to www.inventingzero.net for up-to-date details on John's various performances about the place.

Discogaphy:
John Chantler | Three Sides of Sadness (Fourier Transform, 2006) CD-R
Function/John Chantler | Split (ROOM40, 2006) 7" lathe
Lawrence English & John Chantler | Smallfish 15.09.05 (ROOM40, 2006) CD-R
Swedish Folk Song Project | Romance (Self-released, 2005) CD-R
SFSP | Improvisation 1 (Self-released, 2005) 7" lathe
Saya, Ueno, Shibuya & John Chantler | Mizumitaida/Kyoukunotsukurikata (ROOM40/FatCat, 2005) 3"CD-R/MP3
John Chantler | Locked in Hands (Piehead Records, 2004) CD-R
John Chantler | Monoke (ROOM40, 2003) CD

Links:
Inventing Zero
Room40
Frequenzen



Essentially an exercise in textural soundscaping, Lum Col Con Pix involves DJing with six turntables (or as many as are available), lifting the styli slightly from the surface of the records and harnessing the natural warp in the records to capture irregular glitch loops of sound, layering these to create dense textures of musical noise. Using no samplers, effects, overdubs or technological trickery, Lum Col Con Pix focus on exploring the interaction between needle and vinyl, staying firmly with the physical medium and creating startling effects using only manipulations that can be made by hand. Staying true to the process, every piece is an exact recording of an improvised live performance with no post-production or alteration.

Discogaphy:
Lum Col Con Pix (Fourier Transform, 2005) lathe cut 12" LP
A Little Bit Of Lum Col Con Pix (Spank Diuretic Records, 2004) CD
The World Of Lum Col Con Pix (Specious Banjo, 2004) Cassette

Link:
Video footage



Traw (pronounced tra-oo) is a trio of Cardiff-based improvising musicians who use software to investigate the musicality of unconventional or conceptually related sound sources: from field recordings of fireworks and rural shops to objects found in the bathroom. They also collaborate with live musicians, using real-time sampling and processing to create dense and unpredictable soundworlds.

Discography:
Cwymp y Dŵr Ar Ganol Dydd (with Rhodri Davies. Confront, 2006) CD
Congratulations to the Young Men of Nelson (Fourier Transform, 2006) CD-R

Link:
Traw